Browsing The News Today by Name "Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/ Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD)"

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    • Aquaculture business forum set October 16-17 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (The News Today, September 25, 2007, on page 4)
      An Agree-Build-Organize-Transfer (ABOT) Aquaculture Business Forum will be held on October 16-17 at the Philippine Social Science Center in Diliman, Quezon City. With this, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • Aquaculture Week 2001 

      (The News Today, July 6, 2001, on page 7)
      Rationale: Aquaculture Week is a yearly activity of Fish World that builds understanding among school children and teachers on the importance of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity and the research and development programs ...

    • ASEAN-SEAFDEC holds Fisheries Millennium Conference 

      (The News Today, November 23, 2001, on page 10)
      The introduction of modern fisheries technology in the ASEAN region in the '60s spurred the growth of the industry as one of the most important economic activities in the region. However, this growth concentrated only on ...

    • Bangus culture 

      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) (The News Today, September 10, 2010, on page 7)
      A milkfish sea cage at the mariculture park of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department’s Igang Marine Station in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras that provides livelihood to residents of four barangays affected by the oil spill in 2006.

    • Capiz stude off to USA for Science and eng'g fair 

      Capundan, Joel E. (The News Today, March 12, 2009, on page 7)
      A third-year high school Special Science and Technology Class student of the Capiz National High School will represent the Philippines to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held at Reno, Nevada, ...

    • A closer look at Fish World 

      SEAFDEC Asian Aquaculture (The News Today, July 6, 2001, on page 7)
      SEAFDEC Fish World is a museum-aquarium-ecopark being built by the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department at Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines, in response to the need for informal public education so necessary for responsible aquaculture ...

    • Crab culture with a conscience 

      (The News Today, May 17, 2005, on page 11-14)
      The rapid spread of aquaculture in recent decades has brought riches to some, ruin to many, exclusion to the poorest coastal dwellers, and environmental degradation. Scientists in the Philippines are adapting aquaculture ...

    • Guimaras fisherfolks get P2.4M livelihood grant 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (The News Today, April 15, 2009, on page 1-6)
      Fishermen in Guimaras whose livelihood were severely affected by the massive oil spill in 2006 have received a livelihood grant of US$50,000 (around P2.4 million) to help recover from the lingering effects of the disaster. ...

    • Ilonggo heads world-class research center 

      (The News Today, June 24, 2008, on page 18)
      An Ilonggo from Oton, Iloilo gets the nod from President Gloria Arroyo to continue leading the world-class research center in aquaculture that has main offices in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Dr. Joebert Toledo is Chief of the Southeast ...

    • JDV to help SEAFDEC acquire P10M equipment 

      Calubiran, Maricar M. (The News Today, July 19, 2005, on page 3)
      Inspite of the political turmoil in the country, Speaker Jose de Venecia vowed to help the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department (AQD) to acquire some P10 million worth of facilities ...

    • Misamis Occidental gears up for mariculture after grouper spawning 

      (The News Today, October 28, 2009, on page 2)
      Grouper broodstock in the Misamis Occidental successfully spawned after two months of conditioning, jumpstarting the development of the mariculture industry in the province. The broodstock were conditioned for two months ...

    • Molecular diagnosis for shrimp and fish diseases now available at SEAFDEC/AQD 

      (The News Today, November 23, 2001, on page 10)
      Viruses has been the long-time scourage of the aquaculture industry. The presence or absence of these viruses often spells the difference between profit and loss. The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WVSSV) for shrimp, the Viral ...

    • New hatchery for sea cucumber at SEAFDEC 

      (The News Today, May 14, 2010, on page 7-6)
      At the price of $180 to 250 per kilogram (Php 12,000 per kg) of dried sea cucumber in the United States, sea cucumber are good bets for fish farmers wanting to find the new gold in aquaculture. This has driven South East ...

    • Seabass project reap good harvest 

      (The News Today, February 19, 2007, on page 9)
      Five months of culture. About 200 pieces of seabass, weighing a total 83 kilograms or nearly half-kilo each fish. Suddenly, a dream project becomes reality. Early this month, on February 2, the top managers of the Southeast ...

    • Seafdec AQD launches how-to manuals 

      Catubig, Ariel B. (The News Today, October 1, 2000, on page 2)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (Seafdec AQD) recently launched four new how-to manuals. These are the "Mudcrab production in brackish ponds," "Grouper culture in floating net cages" ...

    • SEAFDEC cites milestones with chief's reappointment 

      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC); Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Region VI; ESS (The News Today, May 4, 2010, on page 7)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) cited its contributions to sustainable aquaculture in view of environment issues and climate change, with the reappointment of its chief, for the third consecutive ...

    • SEAFDEC conducts training on seaweed biotech 

      (The News Today, April 10, 2007, on page 4)
      To survive, seaweeds need to be tougher too, and the commercially important ones like Kappaphycus and Gracilaria can be made so with the help of research. In comes biotechnology. Not to mess with the genetic make-up of ...

    • SEAFDEC develops early warning system for pollution in mariculture parks 

      (The News Today, September 30, 2008, on page C2)
      The Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing an early warning system to guard against the negative impacts of fish cages in mariculture parks. This is certainly ...

    • Seafdec holds mangrove education seminar-workshop 

      (The News Today, June 14, 2005, on page 18)
      A seminar-workshop on mangrove education was held at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department in Tigbauan, Iloilo last 2-4 May 2005 and attended by 23 teacher-educators from public and private schools in Panay Island. The ...

    • SEAFDEC slates stock enhancement consultation 

      Yap, WG (The News Today, July 12, 2005, on page 4)
      Tigbauan, Iloilo - Scientists from Canada, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand and fisheries officers from Southeast Asian countries will gather in Iloilo City from July 13-15, 2005 to formulate a plan of action to restock ...